Grub Street

Oh, Hostess: Yes, all of the company's assets will be liquidated and almost all of the company's employees are without jobs, but in a move that is sure to draw ire, the company asked a bankruptcy judge to approve a move that would give its top executives $1.8 million in bonuses. And, according to CNBC, that judge did, in fact, approve it.

This week’s episode kicks off with the gang still arguing over Kuniko’s exile. John, the most hated chef in Dallas, continues his role of loudmouth jerk. He yells at Josh: “How many restaurants have you opened and failed?” CJ looks like he wants to knock John upside the head with How to Cook Everything. Amidst the din, someone lets slip this immortal diagnosis: “You pretend to have balls and you don’t have balls!”

Forget Frisbee and Shakespeare. “The No. 1 activity that people do when they go to a park is eat,” says Robert Hammond, who, as co-founder and executive director of Friends of the High Line, knows whereof he speaks. Benefiting from being born in the post–Brooklyn Flea era of food vendors and culinarily overseen by a veteran of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, the High Line has never lacked for good grub, be it locavore ice pops or boutique frankfurters. Last summer, Terroir wine bar opened a lovely seasonal outpost with Hudson River views. But the biggest development in High Line food, and perhaps in park concessions in general, is taking shape inside a Renzo Piano glass box adjacent the forthcoming Whitney Museum at the High Line’s southern tip: a full-service Italian neighborhood restaurant operated by Major Food Group, the team behind Torrisi Italian Specialties and Parm.

For whatever reason, a super-swank Asian restaurant from the owners of Acme and Indochine will not take the place of Lucky Cheng's in the East Village, EV Grieve reports. Instead, 24 First Avenue will soon become the second outpost of multiple-award-winning pitmaster Myron Mixon's Pride and Joy. The "honky tonk" barbecue restaurant opened first in Miami in September; expect ribs, pulled pork, wings, and lots and lots of brisket. Lucky Cheng's Hayne Suthon, who lives in the building, tells EV Grieve that Mixon's team has "been very receptive to my ideas as to what is needed in the neighborhood."